caregiver support
- National Alliance for Caregiving
- ianacare: Family caregiver support & navigation – all in one place
- Jack’s Caregiver Coalition: An organization aimed at improving the way guys think, feel, and act through every phase of their caregiving journey
- AARP: Caregiving resources
- Ring Theory: Comfort In, Dump Out
- Lavender, Licorice & Thyme: Site with reflections and resources created by a fellow caregiver.
- Plan for Clarity: Helpful financial and legal planning steps
- Working While Caregiving: Guidance and resources offered by AARP
- ArchAngels: Search by state for caregiver resources
- My Care Friends: A free service providing caregivers and patient advocates a safe, secure environment to connect, share and support each other.
- Idaho Caregiver Alliance
- Caring for a Mesothelioma Patient: A Caregiving Guide
- Parkinson’s Pointe: A Colorado-based organization for folks with Parkinson’s has dedicated support for care partners/caregivers
- ElderCare: Nationwide support for locating eldercare
- 2025 Annual Report on Caregiving (AARP)
The Good Listening Project: Caregivers are invited to share their experiences of caregiving, from which theListener Poets will transform your story into a custom poem – a gift for you to keep.
Books
- Caregivers Are Mad as Hell!: Rants From the Wife of the Very Sick Man in Room 5029 by Ann Brenoff
- Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir, by Roz Chast
- Generation Care: The New Culture of Caregiving by Jennifer Levin
- Stand By Me: A Guide to Navigating, Modern Caregiving by Allison Applebaum, Ph.D
- The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in the Time of Pandemic and Change by Pauline Boss
- The Unexpected Journey: by Emma Heming Willis
- It’s Ok that You’re Not Ok: by Megan Devine
Podcasts
- In Sickness
- Living and Aging Well
- Empower Her Podcast with Allison Breininger, Executive Director of The Negative Space
- Entrepreneuring While Caregiving
- Happy Healthy Caregiver
- Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver
GRIEF / bereavement
- Speaking Grief: This national public media initiative has numerous offerings and resources aimed at starting a national conversation about grief.
- Refuge in Grief:
- GriefShare: Support groups for Loss of Parent, Loss of Spouse, Loss of Child (found internationally)
- Heartlight Center: Meaningful, accessible grief support and education
- Inheritance of Hope: Building community for young families navigating a parent’s terminal illness
- After Loss Advisors: Founded to provide unwavering support to individuals, ensuring they feel accompanied throughout every stage of preparing their own legacy or dealing with the aftermath of losing a loved one.
CANCER
- vraniCURE: Funding Life-Saving Breast Cancer Research
- On the Other Side: Holistic Cancer Doula Support
- Breast Cancer Education Association
- Mesothelioma Support: Support and resources from The Mesothelioma Center (Asbestos.com)
- Cancer Support Community: International organization formed after the merger of the Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club
- There are numerous local affiliates, such as Gilda’s Club MN, that provide programs free of charge to anyone affected by cancer, including patients, survivors, caregivers, loved ones and children
- Camp Can Do: A camp offered for kids with cancer, as well as sessions for siblings of kids with cancer
- Connected Nest (Xanthos Health): ConnectedNest brings patients, community-based organizations (CBOs), and oncology care teams into the same flow—so needs are matched, acknowledged within 48 hours, and status is visible: acknowledged, scheduled, completed
- eBeauty Care: EBeauty Community for Cancer Support is dedicated to improving the quality of life for women undergoing treatment by providing them with free wigs and community support programs.
- Flow Hair: Supporting individuals with hair loss through donations and community support
research
MN-Based Resources
- CaregiverCON: An annual conference in the Twin Cities (MN) dedicated to caregivers
- Centering Therapy MN
- Healing Roots A Connected Community: Empowering Survivors, Thrivers and Caregivers Together
- Curveball Counseling LLC
- Care Counseling of MN
- Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance (MOCA)
- Cancer Legal Care: Free legal care for Minnesotans affected by cancer
- Hope Lodge Minneapolis
- A Breath of Hope: Lung Cancer Foundation
- Still Waters Mediation: MN-based LLC offering mediation services to help families resolve conflicts and make important decisions regarding elder care, estate distribution, and probate disputes.
- MN Brain Injury Alliance